Chapter 4 Ecosystems and communities

Question 0

Climate

Answer 0

Average, Year to year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region

Question 1

Weather

Answer 1

day to day condition of Earths atmosphere at a particular time and place.

Question 2

Green house effect

Answer 2

Carbon dioxide, methne, water vapor, and few other atmospheric gases trap heat energy and maintain Earth’s temperature range.

Question 3

Polar Zones

Answer 3

Cold areas where the suns ray strikes earth at a very low angles. These angles are located in the areas around the North and South poles

Question 4

Temperate Zone

Answer 4

Between polar and tropics. because temperature zones are more affected by the changing angles of the sun over the course of the year. has seasons

Question 5

Tropical Zone

Answer 5

or tropics, is near the equator, it receives direct or direct sunlight year round

Question 6

Bioti

Answer 6

Living organisms within an ecosystem

Question 7

Abiotic Factors

Answer 7

Nonliving factors that affect the ecosystem

Question 8

Predation

Answer 8

one organism captires and feed on another organism

Question 9

Symbiosis

Answer 9

Any relationship where organisms live close together

Question 10

Mutualism

Answer 10

Both species benefit from the relationship

Question 11

Commensalism

Answer 11

one member of the association benefits and the other is not affected

Question 12

Parasitism

Answer 12

One organism lives on or inside another organim and harms it

Question 13

Ecological Succesion

Answer 13

Series of predictable changes that occurs in a community over time

Question 14

Primary succesion

Answer 14

No soil

Question 15

Secondary Succesion

Answer 15

With soil

Question 16

Tropical Rain Forest

Answer 16

hot and wet year round. Thin nutrient poor soil

Question 17

Tropical dry forest

Answer 17

Generally warm. alternating wet dry season. Rich soil

Question 18

Tropical Svanna

Answer 18

Warm temperatures seasonal rain fall compact soil, frequent fires caused by lightning

Question 19

Desert

Answer 19

Low precipitation, variable temperatures, soil rich in minerals but poor in organic

Question 20

Tundra

Answer 20

Strong Winds, low precipitation, short and soggy summers, long, cold , and dark winters, poorly developed soils, permafrost